Took a Humer H1 to Frazer Island a few years ago. Pulled stuck vehicles out of soft sand everyday from the number 1 mistake all novice Island trippers make like our M8 in his 8x8 TOO HIGH TYRE PRESSURE I’m sure he has gotten the message by now. Would be good to see him have another crack at the Island again.
Ok, despite the tyre pressure (which has been commented on to death, and yes we all get the point, he should have aired down), it's still a pretty amazing vid of an amazing machine. You don't see these things every day, so it was pretty cool to watch. Thanks for sharing!! *thumbs up*
I know this is an old video, the whole point of letting the air out of the tires is he made an awesome piece of equipment that our soldiers use that can't make it across a beach let alone the desert when lives depend on it. He could have been driving through there like the big dog , but he made a 400,000.00 plus truck look terrible.
Dario you should get track over tires on rear only , it will be like night and day over that soft sand there about 4000 dollars more or less then you will only let the air out the front only maybe not even that but I am telling you big difference on the heavier trucks.
@@Kalumbatsch you have obviously never driven on a beach. No one is looking for solid anything. The purpose of letting tyres down is to increase the surface area of the tyre and bag out. It makes a massive difference in any vehicle. I have been stuck upto my axles in my 4x4 many times and simply letting the air out from 35psi i run on the road out to 18 psi drives me out of the bog without doing much else. Fraser island can be alot of fun.
@Robert Scott Godwin I drove the M977 A2 and M1120 A4 for a decade. Also rode in M978 A2, M984 A2/A4, and M1158 A4. None of these variants featured CTIS. Any tire deflation would need to occur outside the cab. It's worth noting that the M977 A2 featured in this video is a 21-ton vehicle (dry, no cargo). This chassis is capable of hauling an additional 15 tons. By design, it could haul any of the other trucks in this video. A few notes about the tires: They are decent warm weather hardball tires. They are terrible in the cold, terrible in the mud, terrible on sand, decent rock crawlers, decent for fording. Speaking of fording, the M1120 A4 can ford up to 2 feet of water with zero mechanical implications, and up to 4 feet of water for up to 15 minutes, but the TM states you must pull the hub covers and open the transfer cases and check for water. Anyway, it's a mean machine, but it does not provide all the creature comforts of the FMTV cargo trucks (which are absolute off-roading monsters).
I love how every single offroading video comment section is filled to the brim with know it all offroading experts. Without fail these videos attract all the keyboard drivers. I havent seen another community like it, truly amazing. Shame over half of you are probably less competent than the person youre complaining about. Oh well, its the thought that counts.
Mate, you got to be kidding me cock? It doesn’t take a genius to figure out his tyre pressures are too high, his diffs are ‘tramping’ because his tyres are too hard cock. His diffs aren’t even touching sand and he is bogged, driver must be asleep if he can’t figure out it’s pressures.
Looks impressive. I bet he thought he was going to kill it at Fraser island, I am somewhat less than overwhelmed with its off road performance. He can have his 100 litres /100 kms too
He was on a shake down trip after doing the truck up and it had some glitches. Was running out of air and the axle interlocks wouldn't engage, thus he had only 1 wheel drive. Not bad for such a big machine. 8 wheel drive is amazing when they all work of course.
@@alansailing1387 Yup - Agreed, all wheels driver through out the entire video. Just blaming capable equipment due to a inadequate driver, those tyre pressures are far too high, can see them tight.
Here is a good tip. When u see ur car tires are jumping hard, it means the tires air pressure is too high. When u make it low, the stress on the differentials, axles, gears, and engine lower than u ever think.
@@waddney4121 I do not know your age, and so how far back you mention, that no one went that far. I have been going to Frazer since the sixties, and have always gone further, to the top of the island. I spoke to many people up there, who had gone themselves and knew of others going much further than there.
This thing is bloody awesome!! I thought it was impressive that he got through the way he did,tyre pressures adjusted or not,he still did it. I gotta watch this again,thumbs up from me :)
@@bananabreadtan4124 When you let some air out of your tyres they balloon out on the sand giving the tyres a larger footprint which in turn gives your more grip.
At what point did the 8x8 get stuck. As far as I could make out he did everything correctly. Kept the engine revs at the right point, kept the vehicle moving fast enough to prevent it from getting bogged and slow enough to do likewise.
@@AlloffroadAu Exactly right. My Mog runs 20 to 25 pound for that bypass track. The XZLs really come into their own at low pressure. The bead locks are awesome. Makes that track like driving down the M1.
We are so lucky that no matter what vehicle we buy, we also buy our knowledge and experience, along with vehicle stability not to mention capabilities. Some real ass comments, have to learn somewhere and with others.
I'm in the Army and I feel bad that he doesnt have CTIS or Air Ride :( makes all of this stuff super easy mode. Never seen an 8x8 HEMMT get stuck or slowed in that kinda terrain.
Wrong gearing i think. If he used faster gears and got the wheels turning faster, he would glide right over the soft sand. He has a tremendous amount of surface area with all 8 wheels.
The original truck this is modeled after was and is built right here in Oshkosh Wisconsin USA. And we called them Hemmits in the Army. Oh and in the sand you can air down the tires, or tyres as you might say, from inside the cab of the truck.
i drove one of these oshkosh vehicle's for uncle sam for 16+ year's. as they were saying drop the tire pressure to about 40 psi, but they still have a bit of a rough time in the sand even then. some have a awesome winch system. using the winch does take about 5 to 10 minute's to set up depending on your experience on setting it up. a beautiful power engine in it also
those Koshys are rated at ten tonne per axle as a drill rig , those 1600 x20 tyres can go down to around 30to 40 psi , with the 4 diff locks in it would then go near any where , bit of over kill as camper, I would prefer the Tatra 813 , they have better diff clearance
Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world. Deflating those tires would’ve gone a long way to just crawl over the deep, loose sand instead of sink. Been there to this place, great memories
Exactly right and that is what we told him to do. That truck was not really mechanically ready for the island and the tyres were never let down from highway pressure. Big mistake.
Those of us that want to know....does the hemtt have differential lockers? This video shows they might.....but no video shows how the "awd" system works in a hemtt. A detailed walkthrough of the drive system would be lovely
Deflating the tyres isn’t just to stop you from getting bogged m8 if you don’t let them down you create whoops in the sand which sucks for other drivers
did you see his boy in the clip. that boy will never work a day in his life. coz his dad knows that owning an 8x8 means hell never have to let his tyres down
Yep so good! But in the 70's I had a Haflinger with standard Semperit tyres, also 9" diamond tread tyres & for powder snow and serious slouchy mud a set of custom rims for bobcat tyres (could run tyres press as low as 4
Haflingers in Oz are really starting to fetch the big bucks lately. I love those little jiggers. Agree with the go anywhere. Me mate who used to drive tracked M113 APCs in the Army told me about this Haflinger that kept up with the troop. Took him a while to catch up but he went everywhere they did.
Hi Phil, I commented thinking impressively big to very tiny! Also driven ‘The tank track’ at Pucka’ in the early 70’s (Haflinger, Pinzgauer & M113) and the tiny Haffy’s could keep up with the M113’s about 36 times their weight!! PS. We didn't reduce tyre pressures, didn’t need to & didn’t get stuck either!
Now I don't feel so bad about my belly flop at Ngkala in Dec. It's talcum powder, deep as. Watched one poor bugger spear 4 maxtrax never to be seen again.
@@phantomwalker8251 Of course and the rest of us on more than one occasion highly recommended he lower his tyre pressure. Would have made a massive difference.
That sand is no joke...but then again,, neither is that HEMTT. Wrap a band around the passenger side rear wheels and another around the drivers side rear wheels on that 8x8 in the deep sand. It'll be like a temporary halftrack.
the tyres run on these have a very thick sidewall. basically if the tyre is deforming on flat ground you can expect a blowout shortly from too much heat build up. unless you change rims not much else available
8V92T. As far as noise goes, the HEMTT is probably the 2nd easiest military vehicle on the ears after the humvee. The engine is behind you and there’s a decent amount of foam insulation in the cab.
@@mickysteiner8359 I owned a ATKINSON back in the day with a 8v92TA. It was a v8 oil pump, check the fuel and fill up the oil, hahaha. smooth motor but no torque compared to a CUMMINS or a CAT.
These brutes have central tyre inflation systems. Practically unstoppable with right tyres an know how. Unibog is what we called unimog with army issue tyres, originally came with super singles- unstoppable airforce had them army had one size tyre fit jacks and moss.
Not sure how you think it does any more damage than your average 4x4 straining its way through. Sure the tyres could be aired down but there's clearly no need.
Why is he entering the Ngkala track from the side, just going to collapse the edge, track washes away and then nobody will be able to get through there, and what's with the light tower?
Someone on the vid was heard commenting 1L per kilometre. (Dunno if it was someone in the know, or joe public making it up, but it sounds about right from past experience with heavy vehicles).
Hah, he has 1400 litres on board in his big reserve tank quite apart from his standard day tank of something like 300 litres. I don't think he is going to run out on the island. ;)
Back up plan is tow him with a couple of the Unimogs that we had along for the trip. We also had some mechanics who were familiar with the truck who sorted out the air valve issue with a work around.
@philbox4566 Your 8x8 is impressive! What are you using for the headlamp strobe effect? I am searching for a solution and unsure of how to obtain this functionality.
Some boys never grow out of being king of the sand pit. This toy looks like an ex NATO military monster great for weekend fun not much to park in the suburbs or fill the tank, plenty of room to take along friends camping gear and slabs of beer pls enjoy and just let your tyres down.
That 8x8 isnt nearly a million, and the difference is it carries 2 of you jimnys, as well as wades deeper. Nothing against jimnys, but you just cant compare them, compare to lada
That is my Mog. It was an ex Oz Army crane truck. I took the crane off and built an extended cab for it. The camper came off an F250 I had. Way way too heavy for the F truck. Fitted straight on but I had to adapt the jacking brackets though.
@@AlloffroadAu The 8X8's weight distribution with these big and wide tires on the ground is less than the weight of a 4X4 toyota. This asshole should have lowered the tire pressure, with those wheels (beadlocks) can almost drive without having air in the tires. this idiot, it's no different than the idiots with a toyota that lets the wheels spin, right? the drivers of the Unimogs, are not smarter! It's thanks to idiots like these, that every day new trails are closed ...
@@AlloffroadAu A 8X8 with the correct pressure, until smooth the ground, making it easier for the next vehicle, of course everything has its limits, the best equipment remains the brain! Many do not have it, and take caravans to cross the Simpson desert, canning stock route, etc. An 8X8 pass without difficulty, I already did with a MAN KAT1 6X6. Is the recovery vehicle in Birdsville not an MAN KAT 1 4X4? Does Fraser Island not have 4X4 trucks for recovery?
Thanks for posting. Nice rig, and love the MOGS also... The negative bunch here should all take a chill pill, go back to their Toyonissuti’s and relax. Jealousy really is abhorrent.
Amazing machine. One of those would be my ultimate overland vehicle. It must be worrying to be "almost" stuck in one of those - it's not as if there's anything bigger that could come and pull you out. Fabulous to see it just keep on going until it was free again. I guess from the other comments that that section is famously difficult to traverse in anything. I wonder how something like a Hagglund would manage there. Out of interest, would wetting the sand have made a positive or negative difference? Lastly, why were the wheels jerking when it was pulling through the powder-sand? The engine was constantly roaring so must have been consistently turning.
That jerking is as a result of torque build up through all the transmission components. Driving on the sand is always far far easier after rain. Ngkarla Rocks is notorious for having light fluffy sand. People always get bogged there. This truck got very bogged over the calm side of the Island on his next trip up there. Tide came about half way up the diffs. Took a 4wd large tow truck and a Unimog as well as near on a days work to get him unbogged. He sold it soon after.
@@philbox4566 Thanks for the reply. Seems it is a bit of a disappointment then. I really would have thought it would have fared better than the 4-wheelers but I guess ultimately it's weight was just too much for soft ground?
@@NigelMarston No one in their right mind should ever drive a vehicle in some of that bottomless gumbo mud over on the Hervey Bay side of Fraser Island. Thin smear of sand over the top of the slick jelly. Anything including a 4 wheeler would get stuck there. Oh yes, down in Brisbane the airport which is close to Moreton Bay undertook a study on how they could get to a downed aircraft on the mud flats. Turns out short of a hovercraft everyone was gunna die. Sometimes the terrain dictates that you just don't go there. Offroad vehicles can get you into more trouble than they get you out of. :)
Took a Humer H1 to Frazer Island a few years ago. Pulled stuck vehicles out of soft sand everyday from the number 1 mistake all novice Island trippers make like our M8 in his 8x8 TOO HIGH TYRE PRESSURE I’m sure he has gotten the message by now. Would be good to see him have another crack at the Island again.
Honestly this is ridiculous on many levels !
*YES .... CLOWNS ... (IN THE BIG ONE) ...*
It never gets old, watching these videos.
Ok, despite the tyre pressure (which has been commented on to death, and yes we all get the point, he should have aired down), it's still a pretty amazing vid of an amazing machine. You don't see these things every day, so it was pretty cool to watch. Thanks for sharing!! *thumbs up*
I know this is an old video, the whole point of letting the air out of the tires is he made an awesome piece of equipment that our soldiers use that can't make it across a beach let alone the desert when lives depend on it. He could have been driving through there like the big dog , but he made a 400,000.00 plus truck look terrible.
The tires don't even reach solid ground, they are just floating in sand. I'm pretty sure it would have made jack shit of a difference.
Dario you should get track over tires on rear only , it will be like night and day over that soft sand there about 4000 dollars more or less then you will only let the air out the front only maybe not even that but I am telling you big difference on the heavier trucks.
@@Kalumbatsch Airing down helps spread the weight and gives more surface area. It still would have helped.
@@Kalumbatsch you have obviously never driven on a beach. No one is looking for solid anything. The purpose of letting tyres down is to increase the surface area of the tyre and bag out. It makes a massive difference in any vehicle. I have been stuck upto my axles in my 4x4 many times and simply letting the air out from 35psi i run on the road out to 18 psi drives me out of the bog without doing much else. Fraser island can be alot of fun.
Still got to deflate those tyres
0:15 - 0:20 people are airing down
@Robert Scott Godwin I drove the M977 A2 and M1120 A4 for a decade. Also rode in M978 A2, M984 A2/A4, and M1158 A4. None of these variants featured CTIS. Any tire deflation would need to occur outside the cab. It's worth noting that the M977 A2 featured in this video is a 21-ton vehicle (dry, no cargo). This chassis is capable of hauling an additional 15 tons. By design, it could haul any of the other trucks in this video.
A few notes about the tires: They are decent warm weather hardball tires. They are terrible in the cold, terrible in the mud, terrible on sand, decent rock crawlers, decent for fording. Speaking of fording, the M1120 A4 can ford up to 2 feet of water with zero mechanical implications, and up to 4 feet of water for up to 15 minutes, but the TM states you must pull the hub covers and open the transfer cases and check for water.
Anyway, it's a mean machine, but it does not provide all the creature comforts of the FMTV cargo trucks (which are absolute off-roading monsters).
@@aaronshimon7683 So 8 wheels is only for cargo? I doubt the owner of this truck will haul any cargo, so this makes this truck pointless, no?
@@SimpleTrax I do not understand your question. All HEMTT variants have at least 8 wheels. The PLS variant has 10 wheels, and 6 wheel steering.
Wonder how many air up on the barge home thinking theyre just going to roll off and are more worried about hitting the bitumen with low tyre pressure?
Good for him, he outspent every one on the island, a legend in his own lunchbox.
There's absolutely no stopping that thing, totally awesome...
10:06 😂😂😂😂😂 The spotter is acting like the truck is driving off the side of Mt Everest hahahaha
Just subbed wow I love those big toys 👍🍻🇦🇺
I love how every single offroading video comment section is filled to the brim with know it all offroading experts.
Without fail these videos attract all the keyboard drivers. I havent seen another community like it, truly amazing.
Shame over half of you are probably less competent than the person youre complaining about.
Oh well, its the thought that counts.
its not about all the so called experts Its about the dick in the oversized truck wrecking tracks and giving 4wd ers in general a bad name
You do know that is a HEMTT right? As in a military vehicle that tens of thousands of people have driven. lol
@@MrHorsepowerish love watching this thing but the damage its doing will only result in bans of certain vehicles on the island
Mate, you got to be kidding me cock? It doesn’t take a genius to figure out his tyre pressures are too high, his diffs are ‘tramping’ because his tyres are too hard cock. His diffs aren’t even touching sand and he is bogged, driver must be asleep if he can’t figure out it’s pressures.
Imagine camping on Fraser and hearing a big gemmy screaming it's guts out awesome
Love it!
Bloody awesome truck!
Love it looks like fun 😁👍
The Unimogs so beautiful 🇩🇪
The light when camping was awesome.
Damn, I want to see more videos of this beast!
Looks impressive. I bet he thought he was going to kill it at Fraser island, I am somewhat less than overwhelmed with its off road performance. He can have his 100 litres /100 kms too
He was on a shake down trip after doing the truck up and it had some glitches. Was running out of air and the axle interlocks wouldn't engage, thus he had only 1 wheel drive. Not bad for such a big machine. 8 wheel drive is amazing when they all work of course.
@@philbox4566 at 5:30, 6:57 and 7:25 it certainly looks like all wheels are being driven.
@@alansailing1387 a bit late but 6:30 all the wheels have power.
@@alansailing1387 Yup - Agreed, all wheels driver through out the entire video. Just blaming capable equipment due to a inadequate driver, those tyre pressures are far too high, can see them tight.
A bit slow on the highway
is the 8 x 8 a ex vibe truck looks familiar with the mine spec roll bar over cab
powering through the sand burning half a liter of diesel per second.
awesome
Freaking awesome
🤯
Another use for surplus tech
Man what a beast. So cool. Great video. Subbed.
Here is a good tip.
When u see ur car tires are jumping hard, it means the tires air pressure is too high.
When u make it low, the stress on the differentials, axles, gears, and engine lower than u ever think.
I like this movie, thanks from the Netherlands
Cheers.
That is such a cool truck
That has to be the second most famous part of Fraser Island (after the ship). Seems like everyone gets bogged down or stuck there in that soft sand.
I remember when nobody went that far up, it was great
Especially when people don’t deflate there tyres enough!
@@waddney4121 I do not know your age, and so how far back you mention, that no one went that far.
I have been going to Frazer since the sixties, and have always gone further, to the top of the island.
I spoke to many people up there, who had gone themselves and knew of others going much further than there.
@@Nic26482648 I should've said hardly anyone, compared to nowadays it is extremely popular,
This thing is bloody awesome!! I thought it was impressive that he got through the way he did,tyre pressures adjusted or not,he still did it. I gotta watch this again,thumbs up from me :)
had no idea oshkosh made these for the RHD market over on the big island. Hopefully I'll own one some day!
Same here. RHD 👀😅
let the tyres down
Ah yup. Should be down to 20 pound. Would toddle everywhere with zero effort then.
0:15 - 0:20 people are airing down
@@philbox4566 With these wheels, you can go down much more than that! The intelligence did not give more ...
I don't get what all this is about, can someone explain? Let tires down is let air out? Why is that important?
@@bananabreadtan4124 When you let some air out of your tyres they balloon out on the sand giving the tyres a larger footprint which in turn gives your more grip.
Awsome is not a word I'd use. The best thing for this is to park it where others can use it as a winching anchor.
At what point did the 8x8 get stuck. As far as I could make out he did everything correctly. Kept the engine revs at the right point, kept the vehicle moving fast enough to prevent it from getting bogged and slow enough to do likewise.
I would get along with you folks just fine , I have a Unimog 1300L and an M977 HEMTT! I think EVERYBODY needs to own vehicles just like these!
You are my kind of people. ;)
Game-changing modified 79... looks like it's had a bit of work done.
Only missing the ICBMs
It's a tow truck not some war machine lol. But it's a fast tow truck.
All this Guy is doing is making that track harder for everyone else let bloody tyres down.
People like that don't care.
Nope, track is always loose and fluffy. I've been going to Fraser since 1971 and Ngkarla has always been difficult.
@@philbox4566 ive been going since 1871, its always been loose and fluffy
@@philbox4566 not really difficult if you run a correct tyre pressure
@@AlloffroadAu Exactly right. My Mog runs 20 to 25 pound for that bypass track. The XZLs really come into their own at low pressure. The bead locks are awesome. Makes that track like driving down the M1.
REALLY makes you appreciate the increased capability of Russian and Czech military trucks. MAN makes quite a rig also!
Makes you appreciate your knowledge of lowering the freaking tires pressure
We are so lucky that no matter what vehicle we buy, we also buy our knowledge and experience, along with vehicle stability not to mention capabilities. Some real ass comments, have to learn somewhere and with others.
I was wondering what was on the ferry guys mind as he ushered the heavy vehicles into their spots.
Same haha he couldn't give a fuck😂 seen it all before
I'm in the Army and I feel bad that he doesnt have CTIS or Air Ride :( makes all of this stuff super easy mode. Never seen an 8x8 HEMMT get stuck or slowed in that kinda terrain.
Wrong gearing i think. If he used faster gears and got the wheels turning faster, he would glide right over the soft sand. He has a tremendous amount of surface area with all 8 wheels.
@@jd6ss Nope
The original truck this is modeled after was and is built right here in Oshkosh Wisconsin USA. And we called them Hemmits in the Army. Oh and in the sand you can air down the tires, or tyres as you might say, from inside the cab of the truck.
Hemmit
@@bostonbmx6490 Actually the exact acronym is HEMTT, which stands for Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck.
@@WildXNatur I know the acronym I was a 63B
@@bostonbmx6490 Thank you for your service. I was 13 Bravo for 22 years.
Wow, this is a really cool car ♪
i drove one of these oshkosh vehicle's for uncle sam for 16+ year's. as they were saying drop the tire pressure to about 40 psi, but they still have a bit of a rough time in the sand even then. some have a awesome winch system. using the winch does take about 5 to 10 minute's to set up depending on your experience on setting it up. a beautiful power engine in it also
those Koshys are rated at ten tonne per axle as a drill rig , those 1600 x20 tyres can go down to around 30to 40 psi , with the 4 diff locks in it would then go near any where , bit of over kill as camper, I would prefer the Tatra 813 , they have better diff clearance
Very cool trucks!!
Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world. Deflating those tires would’ve gone a long way to just crawl over the deep, loose sand instead of sink. Been there to this place, great memories
Exactly right and that is what we told him to do. That truck was not really mechanically ready for the island and the tyres were never let down from highway pressure. Big mistake.
@@philbox4566 Cool hearing back from ya, amazing truck though. Would’ve been a blast👍
Is there a difference between beach sand and desert sand ?
I always overland on the Sahara and the desert yet never had such difficulty
Beach sand is much finer grains especially on Fraser Island. It's hard to walk in without sinking.
Those of us that want to know....does the hemtt have differential lockers? This video shows they might.....but no video shows how the "awd" system works in a hemtt. A detailed walkthrough of the drive system would be lovely
I don't think that the AWD does work.
I need two of these.
Awsome
8x8 is impressive! What are you using for the strobe effect? I am searching for a solution for a Defender
Nice 8x8, but look at those cute Mogs. Incredible ground clearance.
National Guard called, they said they wanted there HEMTT back.
lol ex military yes, likely ex mechanized battalion Australian army..
Machine World on Tour !!!
think i drove past you guys in ormeau once, pretty sick rig
Deflating the tyres isn’t just to stop you from getting bogged m8 if you don’t let them down you create whoops in the sand which sucks for other drivers
did you see his boy in the clip. that boy will never work a day in his life. coz his dad knows that owning an 8x8 means hell never have to let his tyres down
I’d love to see you try and park that at Woolies! 😂
Hah, we take pics of parking very badly at shopping centre car parks with the Unimogs. ;)
Drives over 10 parked SUVs, 4 trolley collection bays and several bollards only to get snagged up on the gutter.
Yep so good! But in the 70's I had a Haflinger with standard Semperit tyres, also 9" diamond tread tyres & for powder snow and serious slouchy mud a set of custom rims for bobcat tyres (could run tyres press as low as 4
Haflingers in Oz are really starting to fetch the big bucks lately. I love those little jiggers. Agree with the go anywhere. Me mate who used to drive tracked M113 APCs in the Army told me about this Haflinger that kept up with the troop. Took him a while to catch up but he went everywhere they did.
Hi Phil, I commented thinking impressively big to very tiny! Also driven ‘The tank track’ at Pucka’ in the early 70’s (Haflinger, Pinzgauer & M113) and the tiny Haffy’s could keep up with the M113’s about 36 times their weight!!
PS. We didn't reduce tyre pressures, didn’t need to & didn’t get stuck either!
Nice vídeo man!
Now I don't feel so bad about my belly flop at Ngkala in Dec. It's talcum powder, deep as. Watched one poor bugger spear 4 maxtrax never to be seen again.
Hah, Cyclone Oma might see them surface again. ;)
@jannis joplin It means a vehicle's tires pushed 4 Maxtrax straight down into the sand so deep they couldn't find them.
My brother buried 4 yesterday. Successfully got out. I managed to dig the trax out and take them down to him
@@philbox4566 you guys know anything about tire pressure.??..
@@phantomwalker8251 Of course and the rest of us on more than one occasion highly recommended he lower his tyre pressure. Would have made a massive difference.
10:50 that's an expensive coffee grinder.
Yep look over the rocks those tires are rock hard
Met that barge crewie today! What a legend
Yeah, good bloke eh. One of the other crewies is a total crabby knob. Way too uptight to be in customer service.
Haha fair enough man
@@philbox4566 Yeah, if he can't be arsed replying to your camera dude, he's really not suitable for customer service..
Well.......it's all there on video! What can one say......Richard Head.
That sand is no joke...but then again,, neither is that HEMTT. Wrap a band around the passenger side rear wheels and another around the drivers side rear wheels on that 8x8 in the deep sand. It'll be like a temporary halftrack.
that white unimog looks fantastic
Que filmagem legal, abraços do Brasil.
Seems to be doing it tough in the soft sand. Can't be to bad, Capricorn Roadhouse used one to supply fuel on the Canning Stock Route.
Made it way harder than it needed to be by not letting any where near enough air out of his tyres....
the tyres run on these have a very thick sidewall. basically if the tyre is deforming on flat ground you can expect a blowout shortly from too much heat build up.
unless you change rims not much else available
The last 30' seconds of the video is how I used to drive the Hemtt's and PLS's all the time.
Awesome 8x8 off-reader, not-so-awesome driver. Tyres at full pressure don’t give much traction in dry sand
Nailed it.
Having to listen to that on a long trip would drive me bat shit crazy.
Brad H the sweet sweet sound of a 16v71
@@jackelracer593 ain't a 16v71
8V92T. As far as noise goes, the HEMTT is probably the 2nd easiest military vehicle on the ears after the humvee. The engine is behind you and there’s a decent amount of foam insulation in the cab.
Unimog are the definitive GOD of off road
Let the military keep the 8x8 and its fuel consumption, the Merc camper is cool.
Im sure the battery version is just around the corner! Lol maybe not.
@@pagenip2542 it's for sure got the payload capacity to stack like 4 full Tesla packs
its all about tyre pressures
We did this easy in Subarus! Haha
SubieLift Oz light & fast, name of the game.
Have to love the Mogs in their element, the Oshkosh, not so much.
I would watch the heck out of somebody who offroad travels with a HEMTT, subbing just in case.
Did it in a Landie with Holden six engine 😁 good times
2 stroke gm and walking beams front and rear, what a nightmare😁
That 2stroke Detroit is the star of the show. And they are quite durable
It would ride like a billy-cart. And use more fuel than the ferry, hahaha
bruce poole but it would get you there
@@mickysteiner8359 I owned a ATKINSON back in the day with a 8v92TA. It was a v8 oil pump, check the fuel and fill up the oil, hahaha. smooth motor but no torque compared to a CUMMINS or a CAT.
bruce poole I’m used to the 8v92t that has the mods for the military myself
would love to try that monster in mud / sand / snow
These brutes have central tyre inflation systems. Practically unstoppable with right tyres an know how. Unibog is what we called unimog with army issue tyres, originally came with super singles- unstoppable airforce had them army had one size tyre fit jacks and moss.
This big brute didn't have CTIS unfortunately.
It sure is a special club for very special people...
How to ruin a pristine beach like Fraser’s
Not sure how you think it does any more damage than your average 4x4 straining its way through. Sure the tyres could be aired down but there's clearly no need.
Why is he entering the Ngkala track from the side, just going to collapse the edge, track washes away and then nobody will be able to get through there, and what's with the light tower?
Impressive, but how many gallon did it do to the mile whilst on Fraser Island.
Someone on the vid was heard commenting 1L per kilometre. (Dunno if it was someone in the know, or joe public making it up, but it sounds about right from past experience with heavy vehicles).
Was there a tanker in the convoy? Diesel consumption must have been a slight issue.
Hah, he has 1400 litres on board in his big reserve tank quite apart from his standard day tank of something like 300 litres. I don't think he is going to run out on the island. ;)
Cant imagine the fuel cost alone for this video on the 8x8
It probably uses more fuel than the barge. What was the backup plan if it got stuck?
Back up plan is tow him with a couple of the Unimogs that we had along for the trip. We also had some mechanics who were familiar with the truck who sorted out the air valve issue with a work around.
@@philbox4566 how wuld you even get the tires off and onto the roof of that thing they problably weigh around 150kgs each
@@thetouringprepper8681 He uses the onboard crane. Easy peasy. ;)
call mom
a real driver? :D :D :D
AMAZING
@philbox4566 Your 8x8 is impressive! What are you using for the headlamp strobe effect? I am searching for a solution and unsure of how to obtain this functionality.
This is most likely due to the frame rate of the camera recording and isn’t actually a strobe mechanism
Is there anything it’s good for? I thought sand would be it’s specialty
craki06 no its worthless
@@jackelracer593 any tool is worthless if the operator doesn't know what they're doing
No the driver is just incompetent about how to drive
Sand is nothing's specialty with full tyres
Sounds like a raggedy detroit diesel, it's no wonder it's stuck
They do wonders for the hearing aid industry.
Some boys never grow out of being king of the sand pit. This toy looks like an ex NATO military monster great for weekend fun not much to park in the suburbs or fill the tank, plenty of room to take along friends camping gear and slabs of beer pls enjoy and just let your tyres down.
have any videos of the white unimog?
More money than brains.
This video proves my little jimny with a fked motor is still as capable as an 8x8 and mine only cost $500 instead of 1million..
That 8x8 isnt nearly a million, and the difference is it carries 2 of you jimnys, as well as wades deeper. Nothing against jimnys, but you just cant compare them, compare to lada
The Mog with the camper on the back looks interesting is it an extended cab and what camper did you use or did you adapt an older model caravan?
That is my Mog. It was an ex Oz Army crane truck. I took the crane off and built an extended cab for it. The camper came off an F250 I had. Way way too heavy for the F truck. Fitted straight on but I had to adapt the jacking brackets though.
Phil Box Cool was it an old F250 camper was there Brand name? Ok looked at your other videos video was it meant for a 11ft bed?
@@hamishdavidson3368 It had Sainsbury's as a brand name on the front. No idea where it came from.
I'm not sure on the tire Central inflation system but you need to desert settings when you driving on the beach
cool truck but you see the soft coffee rock crumble under the heavy Tyres and weight of the vehicle it does a lot of unnecessary damage to it.... :-(
Too dumb to not press the button to lower the pressure, because it is automatic in four modes!
An 8X8 truck does less damage than a 4X4 toyota!
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André definitely not Mate Coffee Rock is no rock but plant material and the weight of the 8x8 does far more damage
@@AlloffroadAu The 8X8's weight distribution with these big and wide tires on the ground is less than the weight of a 4X4 toyota. This asshole should have lowered the tire pressure, with those wheels (beadlocks) can almost drive without having air in the tires. this idiot, it's no different than the idiots with a toyota that lets the wheels spin, right? the drivers of the Unimogs, are not smarter! It's thanks to idiots like these, that every day new trails are closed ...
@@AlloffroadAu A 8X8 with the correct pressure, until smooth the ground, making it easier for the next vehicle, of course everything has its limits, the best equipment remains the brain! Many do not have it, and take caravans to cross the Simpson desert, canning stock route, etc. An 8X8 pass without difficulty, I already did with a MAN KAT1 6X6. Is the recovery vehicle in Birdsville not an MAN KAT 1 4X4? Does Fraser Island not have 4X4 trucks for recovery?
Thanks for posting. Nice rig, and love the MOGS also...
The negative bunch here should all take a chill pill, go back to their Toyonissuti’s and relax. Jealousy really is abhorrent.
Cheers mate.
The negging is pretty crazy
Amazing machine. One of those would be my ultimate overland vehicle.
It must be worrying to be "almost" stuck in one of those - it's not as if there's anything bigger that could come and pull you out. Fabulous to see it just keep on going until it was free again. I guess from the other comments that that section is famously difficult to traverse in anything. I wonder how something like a Hagglund would manage there.
Out of interest, would wetting the sand have made a positive or negative difference?
Lastly, why were the wheels jerking when it was pulling through the powder-sand? The engine was constantly roaring so must have been consistently turning.
That jerking is as a result of torque build up through all the transmission components. Driving on the sand is always far far easier after rain. Ngkarla Rocks is notorious for having light fluffy sand. People always get bogged there. This truck got very bogged over the calm side of the Island on his next trip up there. Tide came about half way up the diffs. Took a 4wd large tow truck and a Unimog as well as near on a days work to get him unbogged. He sold it soon after.
@@philbox4566 Thanks for the reply. Seems it is a bit of a disappointment then. I really would have thought it would have fared better than the 4-wheelers but I guess ultimately it's weight was just too much for soft ground?
@@NigelMarston No one in their right mind should ever drive a vehicle in some of that bottomless gumbo mud over on the Hervey Bay side of Fraser Island. Thin smear of sand over the top of the slick jelly. Anything including a 4 wheeler would get stuck there. Oh yes, down in Brisbane the airport which is close to Moreton Bay undertook a study on how they could get to a downed aircraft on the mud flats. Turns out short of a hovercraft everyone was gunna die. Sometimes the terrain dictates that you just don't go there. Offroad vehicles can get you into more trouble than they get you out of. :)
I think that ferrymaster has seen it all.